Prior to a training, those who enrolled were given a pretest to determine their baseline knowledge of the subject. Those who scored 70 or higher on a pretest will be issued a pass and will be excused from the training session.
Data set: Ch 14 - Exercise 05.sav (this is the same data set as Ch 14 – Exercise 01.sav)
Codebook
Variable: Name
Definition: The participant’s name
Type: Alphanumeric
Variable: Score
Definition: The participant’s pretest score

Type: Continuous
Variable: Skill
Definition: The participant’s skill level, based on score
Type: Categorical (1 = Novice, 2 = Intermediate, 3 = Expert)
a. Use the Recode function to create a new variable Result (based on Score) that identifies those who passed and those who failed; use the following codebook to assign the categorical value labels for result:
Codebook
Variable: Result
Definition: The participant’s result on their score
Type: Categorical (1 = Fail [under 70], 2 = Pass [70 or over])
b. Run descriptive statistics on score with a histogram and normal curve for those who failed. Use Result to guide the Select Cases process.
c. Run descriptive statistics on score with a histogram and normal curve for those who passed. Use Result to guide the Select Cases process.